3500 ACT Vocabulary

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(推,挤,撞) come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing


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(小山包) small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill


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(复杂的,错综的,精细的) tied in knots; covered with knots or knobs; difficult to understand or solve


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((昆虫的)幼虫) newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis


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(桂冠,荣誉) honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit


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(漏,渗) escape fluid from container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal


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(语言学) humanistic study of language and literature


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(可怕的,恐怖的,令人毛骨悚然的) suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome


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(施催眠术) hypnotize; attract strongly, as if with magnet; bring into a state of mesmeric sleep


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(气象学) earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; predicting what the weather will be


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